Want to carpool?

Sign up for SchoolPool,
a free carpool match service!

It's easy! Here's how it works:

Simply register online or complete and return a registration form (click here for a print-ready form in pdf format.

Smart Ways to School will provide you with a list of SchoolPool families registered for your student’s school that live near you and share a similar route to school.

Then you can decide if you want to arrange a carpool with any of the parents on your list! Read Tips for a Successful SchoolPool for helpful ideas.

Welcome to Smart Ways
to School!

The Smart Ways to School program offers free services to help students walk, bike, carpool, or ride a bus to/from school. These services improve student safety, help students be more active, reduce traffic around schools, decrease fuel consumption, and improve air quality.

The program serves families of K-12 students enrolled in public and private schools in the Eugene-Springfield area.

Hey, Parents!
How did you get to school when you were a kid? Did you walk? Take a bus? Ride your bike?

When today's parents were children, most of them traveled to school by walking, bicycling, or riding the school bus. These days, many children are being driven to school. Recent nationwide research has found that more than 50 percent of children travel to school by car.

This can create traffic congestion and safety concerns at schools. It also contributes to air pollution and a less active lifestyle for children. There are various reasons for this change, including limited school bus service and safety concerns for unaccompanied or unsupervised children. But there also are solutions for these situations. Check our travel options section to see which solution fits your family!

The free pass program that enables students in grades 6 through 12 to ride LTD free will return this fall beginning September 1!
Thanks to the Oregon Department of Energy.
Click here for more info.

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Want to improve conditions at your school so more students can walk or bike safely to school?
Help your school apply for Safe Routes to School funding. Smart Ways to School can help. For more information, call 682-6212, or click here to visit the Oregon Safe Routes website.

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Join in the International
Walk and Bike to
School Movement !

Click here to find
out more!